No tax previously or hereafter assessed by any town or city upon the property of any resident of this state shall bear interest by reason of the nonpayment of the tax during the duration of, and for a period of six (6) months after the resident's active service in the military, air, or naval forces of the United States or in the American merchant marine occasioned by any war, declared or undeclared, in which the United States is engaged.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-5-10